A social media analysis of the contribution of destinations to client satisfaction with hotels

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-47

  Bulchand Gidumal, Jacques ^a   Melián González, Santiago ^a   González Lopez Valcarcel, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Client satisfaction; DMO; Hoteliers; Hotels; Social media; TripAdvisor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879312030     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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